A | B |
Labor | time,energy,knowledge,skill |
Land | natural resources |
capital | items used to produce other goods |
Factors of Production | Labor, Land, and Capital |
Traditional Economy | Jobs are passed down from generation to generation |
Command Economy | Government makes decisions and determines how resources are used |
Market Economy | Resources owned and controlled by individuals |
Mixed Economy | A mixture of two or more of the the three economies |
Free Enterprise | Capitalism |
Market Price | the price at which buyers and sellers agree to trade |
Types of Businesses | Sole Proprietorship, Partnership, and Corporation |
Sole Proprietorship | business owned by an individual |
Partnership | When two or more people own a business |
Corporation | A business that is separate from the people who own it |
entrepreneur | starts a business |
free markets | operate without undue gov't influence |
private property | can be owned without undue gov't influence |
profit | earnings after expenses have been paid |
competition | results in better quality at a lower price |
consumer sovereignty | Purchases decide what will be produced. |
Mixed economies are | the most common economic system. |
scarcity | All wants can't be satisfied at once. |
Resources | are factors of production. |
Choices must be made | since goods and services are limited. |
Opportunity cost is what | is given up when a choice is made. |
Price determines who | acquires goods and services. |
Incentives | motivate and change economic behavior. |
Supply and demand interact | to determine price. |
Production is combining | resources to make goods. |
Consumption | using goods and services |